Lintai Storm Record
Chapter 1 is also saved. (15)
Take the person to the car first.
At the end of the corridor, Lu Lin, who was dressed in the robes of the commander of the imperial army, and the helmet with golden bauhinia branches, only showed half of his face, and pressed the scarf into the armor.
"Let's go." Holding a long sword wrapped in black cloth, Lu Lin was the first to step into the rain.
The author has something to say: the poison is not in the food you eat.
☆、Dragon in the Abyss ([-])
The rain mixed with the broken walls and ruins, and the ground was covered with charcoal. The beams and pillars that set up the study were smashed on the ground, and black water was washed out by the heavy rain, flowing everywhere.
Half an hour ago, the imperial guards guarding the Andinghou's mansion received help from the people in the mansion, only to realize that the smoke rising into the sky was not from the mansion lighting a fire for cooking. The mansion study was on fire, and the servants were pouring water into the study one after another, but there were not enough manpower, the fire was too big, and it was a drop in the bucket.
Lu Guan immediately ordered to mobilize the entire city's forbidden army to seal off the Anding Hou Mansion and remove the wooden materials between the Hou Mansion and the adjacent buildings.Meng Honglin ordered the guards present to lead two small teams of 50 people to put out the fire.
After the imperial army joined, nearly a hundred people filed in and out of the Hou's mansion, but they couldn't put out the fire in a short time.
Hou's Mansion was built by the late emperor to give Zhou Wanxin a marriage. According to Zhou Wanxin's intention, it adopts wooden structure. There are not a few houses built with wood in the mansion. Zhou Wanxin also likes to live in open and bright places. High walls of fireproof stone bricks.
Bucket after bucket of water was poured into the fire, and the flames in the wooden study room were still raging, and the collection of books was flammable, and the fire intensified.
It wasn't until a thunderstorm fell that the fire dragon that opened its teeth and danced its claws to the sky was pressed firmly, and the fire was gradually extinguished.
Lu Guan's soap boots were already stained by mud in the rain, he squatted down, dipped his fingers in the black water, and put them up to his nose to smell.
"Master Lu." Meng Honglin opened an umbrella to cover Lu Guan.
"Fire oil." Lu Guan got up and put his finger in front of Meng Honglin's nose.
Meng Honglin smelled it, frowned and said, "No wonder it can't be extinguished all the time. Where did you get the kerosene?"
"The smell is very light, only a little bit remains, and the amount is not large. It is estimated that it is near the things that are prone to fire in the room, such as books and curtains. When the rain is heavy, the flames and the bit of oil are washed away. , The flames that have already burned are too strong, and it is only by this rain that they can be extinguished."
"Forget it, check again slowly, adults should go in to avoid the rain."
Lu Guan got up, didn't listen to Meng Honglin's words, and walked towards the fire scene.
"Master Lu!" Looking around, Meng Honglin thought to himself that this idiot still chased after him, insisting on following Lu Guan to see what he was going to do.
"My lord, Lord Hou, Lord Hou, and Mrs. Hou are all... all dead..." a subordinate reported tremblingly.
Lu Guan's eyes turned red: "Where's the person?"
"It's, it's inside, the subordinates dare not move."
The scorched corpse would deform when touched, and the deceased had a noble status, so Habayashi naturally didn't dare to move casually.Lu Guan strode into the fire extinguished by the heavy rain, only to see a charred corpse lying on the ground, he didn't take a second look, but walked towards the desk, Zhou Wanxin threw herself on the table, her cloak was soaked in water Soaked, she was barely burned by the fire, and there were not even any fallen wood or rocks falling on her body.
Lu Guan was short of breath, walked over, gently lifted Zhou Wanxin's upper body, and checked her breath.
I'm out of breath.
There was some dirt on Zhou Wanxin's face, it wasn't serious, it was caused by the smoke, a lot of black ash had entered her nose and throat, it was after the fire broke out, it didn't know how long it took for her to breathe.For such a long time, she endured unimaginable pain and didn't call out for help, just to create this chaos that shocked the imperial city.
Lu Guan's lips were tightly pursed, he couldn't say anything to anyone, but his tightly clenched hands revealed his restrained emotions.He helped Zhou Wanxin up, and a copper box rolled to the ground.
"Ma'am is all right?" Meng Honglin's voice came from behind.
Lu Guan turned his back to Meng Honglin calmly, and put the copper box in his arms.
"I'm dead." Lu Guan picked up Zhou Wanxin, took her to the bedroom closest to the study, and placed Zhou Wanxin on the couch.
The earth-shattering cries of several women came from outside the house.
Lu Guan frowned, and told Meng Honglin: "You stay here to appease the family of Marquis Anding, and let someone guard this room. The Song family is not allowed to step in." After speaking, Lu Guan strode out.
Meng Honglin hastily grabbed his robe sleeve.
"Where is Master Lu going?"
"What do you think is such a big mess?"
Meng Honglin hurriedly said, "Lord Lu, why don't we go together..."
"Catch the man, the first credit goes to your Imperial Army. I'm from the Secretary's Department." Lu Guan pushed Meng Honglin's hand away, and stepped forward. Meng Honglin was forced by his momentum to take half a step back. I felt dry again and couldn't speak.
Lu Guan said in a deep voice: "Zhou Wanxin is the Queen Mother Zhou's biological sister. I don't know how the Emperor is doing. If something goes wrong here, think about how the Queen Mother will deal with you. Liu Yun is the emperor's father-in-law. You don't have to Such a good daughter." Lu Guan put the back of his hand on Meng Honglin's chest, pushed Meng Honglin half his arm away, turned and left.
This time, Meng Honglin didn't have the guts to follow again, after a while, he regained his composure, went out the door, and called over twenty people, all of whom were tall and brave Habayashi guards, and ordered them to guard the bedroom and not allow anyone to enter or leave.
In the courtyard, Mrs. Song beat her chest suddenly, and suddenly passed over. The women in the courtyard, the eldest son of Marquis Anding, dangled in front of Meng Honglin's eyes, crying endlessly. Meng Honglin, one head and two big, said something What, I don't know.
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When the cinder truck arrived at the gate of the city, it was stopped by the forbidden army. Xu Ruiyun and Liu Pingwen made simple disguises and drove ahead, while Li Xuan and Song Qianzhi were hidden in the car.
Xu Ruiyun lifted the dull old bamboo hat with one hand, jumped off the car, and showed the palace cinder car badge to the Imperial Army.
After the imperial army inspected him, and was about to release him, a lieutenant came over, frowned, looked at Xu Ruiyun, and shouted in a rough voice: "Wait, why are you leaving the city before Mao's today, here's your badge."
Xu Ruiyun took off his waist badge and gave it to the general.
There was a sound of water next to it, and the whip in Liu Pingwen's hand fell into the mud. He quickly jumped out of the car and picked up the whip.
The lieutenant raised his eyes and walked towards Liu Pingwen with a bad expression.
Xu Ruiyun stood between the two of them, and said with a smile: "Master Jun, we are still rushing back to the palace to report to Eunuch Sun, can we check quickly?"
The deputy general said coldly: "When will Eunuch Sun take care of inferior people like you? If there is a problem with this group of people, I will arrest them all!"
Xu Ruiyun touched the soft sword close to his body, and was about to kill it.
On the silent long street, the sound of horseshoes breaking through the rain is particularly noticeable.
"Who wants to leave the city?" Lu Guan got off his horse, his official robes were completely soaked, his eyes were bloodshot, he swept past two cinder trucks, and passed Xu Ruiyun and Liu Pingwen without seeing them.
"The car that transports cinders in the palace." The subordinate replied.
The deputy general glanced at Lu Guan, raised his head defiantly, and cupped his hands and said, "Master Lu, I don't know where Commander Meng is now? These two claimed to be leaving the city on the order of Grandpa Sun, but as far as I know, the palace's Eunuch Sun is a celebrity in front of His Majesty, and he will not leave for a moment. It is impossible for him to intervene in such trivial matters. I am afraid that he is not an impostor, so it is better to detain him first, investigate carefully and then release him from the city. A little cinder will not delay any major matters. "
Lu Guan pondered for a moment, his sharp eyes swept over the two people transporting coal trucks.
"What's your name?"
"Subordinate Luo He."
"Put these two cars aside first, and the Marquis of Anding's mansion is on fire, and you must have received the letter."
"Yes."
"Commander Meng is in the Marquis of Anding's mansion to appease his family members. He will be here within half an hour, and the two vehicles will be impounded first." Lu Guan gave the order, and Luo He also thought there was nothing wrong with it, so his subordinates escorted the two suspicious cinder trucks to the court. under the city wall.
A Habayashi army came over to put the two coachmen on the shackles, but Lu Guan stopped him: "How can you go straight to the shackles without interrogation? This is how your imperial army usually behaves?"
Luo He followed behind Lu Guan, always on guard against the head of the Secretary Department, hearing his words, he argued, "The city is chaotic tonight, brothers are tired and sleepy all night, act recklessly, Lord Lu forgive me." Luo He turned Turn around and let your subordinates not go to the shackles.
Lu Guan hummed, and didn't pay much attention to Luo He. He suddenly stood still, put one hand behind his back, raised a finger, turned around and told Luo He: "I'll wait for Commander Meng to come and interrogate him. You guys have a good look at the car. It cannot be approached, and no one can load and unload it privately."
This is also reasonable, Luo He nodded and said yes, what he wanted was Meng Honglin to be the master.
The door of the classroom was half-closed, Lu Guanyin asked: "Are you really from the palace? Do you know Eunuch Sun?"
Luo He led the people away, and drove the water carts that were going out of the city gate in the early morning to pass by.
Liu Pingwen boldly said: "If you don't believe me, go to Eunuch Sun and confront him face to face!" He was so panicked that his palms were sweating, and when he met Xu Ruiyun's comforting eyes, he calmed down a little.
Xu Ruiyun said quickly in a low voice: "In the car, there are two, tucked under the car, in the middle, one person's width. Li Xuan is a finger wider than Song Qianzhi's skeleton. The car with more cinders is Song Qianzhi."
Liu Pingwen looked at Lu Guan nervously and swallowed, Lu Guan stared at the ground indifferently, obviously thinking.
"I don't care about your grandson, Eunuch Jiang. When Commander Meng comes, I'm here now. If you tell the truth, you can avoid the pain of flesh and blood. If the Commander of the Imperial Army comes, the method is as good as yours. Skin."
Luo He frowned when he heard Lu Guan talking loudly outside the door.
The staff next to him reminded him that it was almost time to change shifts.
The lieutenants of the two sides met and signed the pledge. Luo, Jian Jian and the succeeding lieutenant explained the situation inside, and left with their brothers.
The new lieutenant-general went out to ask who was in the squad room. He took a look and shouted, "What kind of lord is the Secretary, these two prisoners should be dealt with by Commander Meng, so why don't you join in the fun here? Come out quickly. "
However, when Lu Guan got up and turned around, the lieutenant was half a head short. He was still wearing a helmet, and his expression was a little ugly.
"Your Majesty ordered me to take full responsibility for hunting down the traitor Song Qianzhi. If something goes wrong, I wonder if this general will take care of it?"
The deputy general looked embarrassed and said: "Why should we wait until Commander Meng arrives, and the two adults will interrogate together..."
"I told Meng Honglin that arresting someone will give you the honor of the imperial army. If something goes wrong, I will be responsible for it alone. Do I need to explain it to you again?"
The lieutenant hurriedly said yes or no.
Lu Guan walked out and said: "I have already asked clearly, there is no problem with these two cars."
The lieutenant general was so bluffed by the dismounting power that he couldn't find the north, and he didn't react for a while.
Lu Guan pulled out the long knife in his waist, held it tightly with both hands, and inserted it into the cinder truck. The car board was stabbed in half, and a little cinder leaked out from the gap, which was blocked by more and denser cinders.
Lu Guan stabbed the first car three times, and then jumped onto the second car. The cinders in this car were shallower. He stabbed twice, and it still pierced through.
"I have also inspected the car, let it go."
The lieutenant-general was stunned, sweating profusely for a moment, not knowing whether to stop him or not.
"You can't let it go, Mr. Lu, but you said that you have to wait for Commander Meng to come."
Lu Guan saw a strange face, but unexpectedly Luo He left, leaving one of his own people behind.Lu Lin said that after the imperial army was taken over, [-]% of them were still his people, and [-]% were brought into Beijing by Meng Honglin, who was Liu Yun's former subordinate.
Meng Honglin's people are soldiers, and they dare to come to anyone who is tough. Judging from the reaction of the deputy general in front of him, this person should be from Lu Lin, so I don't know if Lu Lin has greeted him well.
"Who are you?" Lu Guan stepped forward and asked Habayashi who expressed his objection.
"A humble job is an unknown person, adults don't need to remember my name."
"Then step back." Lu Guan said in a deep voice.
"Your Excellency, don't wait for Commander Meng to interrogate..." Before he finished speaking, a long sword cut off the "pawn"'s head, and as he fell down, hot blood splashed on Lu Guan's face.
"Commander Meng is here!" The deputy general knelt down to the man in the robe of the commander of the imperial army.
All the twenty people present knelt down, and just as they got up, 12 of them moved quietly and swiftly, and the victim barely made a sound before being killed by fellow Habayashi guards.
Under the helmet, Lu Lin breathed a sigh of relief, put his long sword back into its sheath, and nodded to the lieutenant general: "Fengzi will follow us, these 12 people... will all leave the city with me." In order to reassure Song Qianzhi of his plan, Lu Lin coaxed him to say this In fact, it is not the case. After the last adjustment of the shift that day, fortunately there are still twelve of my own people, otherwise, this trick would be over.
Lu Lin's back was covered with cold sweat, he saw that Lu Guan had stepped out of the classroom shelter, washing the blood off his face in the heavy rain.
"Let's go, Lord Lu." Lu Lin stepped forward and held his shoulder, "There is not much time left, I have to leave immediately, otherwise Meng Honglin will come and it will be over."
"Let's go." Lu Guan said.
This is different from what was agreed, Lu Lin asked in surprise, "Aren't you leaving?"
"My mother's body is still in the Marquis of Anding's Mansion, I can't let her be left outside."
Lu Lin was stunned for a moment before realizing that the mother Lu Guan said was Song Qianzhi's mother. Lu Lin hurriedly said, "My grandfather is still in the city. Didn't we agree? You can only get something if you give it up, and my grandfather is too." If he is willing to stay, he will definitely find a way to collect the bones for Mrs. Hou Ye, besides, there is the queen mother..."
"Go now, it will take half a day, or two days at the longest, before there will be pursuers out of the city to pursue them. Now I will go with you, the pursuers will come soon, how many of you are there? Horses that can outrun the imperial army?" Lu Guan looked straight at Lu Lin, every word was piercing, "Are you going to let your grandfather and Taifu Zhou's daughter die in vain?!"
Lu Lin was so shocked by Lu Guan that he couldn't speak.
"Zhou Xian!" Lu Guan shouted.
A black shadow jumped down from the high wall, Zhou Xian held the sword, turned his back to the crowd, and covered his face with his night clothes.
Lu Guan stepped forward, patted Zhou Xian on the shoulder, and said a thousand words, but only one sentence: "Thank you."
"Don't worry, it's you..." Zhou Xian's unfinished words were submerged in Lu Guan's firm eyes.
"Take care." Lu Guan walked to the cinder cart, touched the horse pulling the cart, touched the shaft of the cart with his hand, and glanced at the inside of the cart with nostalgia.As far as the eye can see, it's just a pile of cinders.
He didn't tell anyone to take good care of Song Qianzhi, because no one could do it for him.
Just after dawn, more than a dozen imperial guards escorted two cinder trucks out of the city through the southeast gate of the capital.After half a stick of incense, Meng Honglin rushed to the southeast gate with more than 100 Habayashi guards under Luo He's reminder.
In addition to the corpses of a dozen of his subordinates in one place, even Lord Shenglu, the secretary personally appointed by the emperor to hunt them down, was stabbed twice in the abdomen. He was sitting under the city wall, holding a sword in his hand, and his palm was almost severed.It can be seen that Lu Guan has been refusing to let go, and the other party had no choice but to keep the sword in desperation.
Meng Honglin felt a chill in his heart.
"Hurry up and see if there are any survivors." Meng Honglin scrambled off his horse, ran to Lu Guan, sniffed his breath, then opened his eyes wide, panicked and panicked, Sweating profusely, he roared angrily: "Luo He, go and call the imperial physician! Take my token! Go! Send someone into the palace to report, the rebels are going out of the city, Mr. Lu is seriously injured, please order to hunt him down!"
Ordinarily, Meng Honglin should directly lead people out of the city to hunt him down, but Fu Mingshao was handed over to Lu Guan to take full responsibility. Meng Honglin has not been in command for a long time, but he knows that today is suspicious and uncertain, and his confidantes can be sent to prison.For a while, he didn't dare to lead people out of the city. After all, the imperial army was only responsible for the safety of the capital. Once he led a large group of people out of the city, if any accident happened in the capital, even ten heads would not be enough for him to chop off.
Meng Honglin hesitated several times, his posture changed from tall and straight to slumped.In the end, he recruited a subordinate and asked that person to act as a pad for Lu Guan, not daring to move Lu Guan.
That night, he was first called out of bed and rushed into the palace, and then he was overwhelmed by officials from the Secretary's Ministry out of thin air. The kerosene and strong wine, the high-grade wine was prepared by the people in the Hou's mansion, and it was originally for the two of them to drink.The kerosene was hidden in the middle and lower layers of the food box and brought into the Hou Mansion.
Mrs. Hou Ye is Song Qianzhi's mother.
Meng Honglin opened his lips slightly, and looked at the few scattered carriages a few steps away with sweat dripping from his face. Those were ordinary carriages and horses waiting to be searched out of the city.
Meng Honglin was not sure at first whether he had been trapped from the beginning to the end. The one who escaped from the city was obviously Song Qianzhi, and the fire in the Hou's mansion was just a cover for this little bastard.
He looked at the lifeless Lu Guan lying on the ground again, neither of his knives were in a fatal position.Meng Honglin squinted his eyes, shouted for someone to prepare the horse, and galloped towards Liu Yun's luxurious mansion.
☆、Dragon in the Abyss ([-])
Song Qianzhi woke up on horseback. In his dream, he was fighting with a group of heavy-armored warriors with blurred faces and stench like corpses. He suddenly opened his eyes, felt dizzy for a while, and almost fell off the horse.
A hand behind him came over and grabbed Song Qian.
Song Qianzhi took a deep breath and came back to his senses completely. When he looked back, it was Zhou Xian.Song Qianzhi felt his mouth was dry, his chest was stuffy with stale air, his chest and abdomen were churning, and his face was ugly due to the discomfort.
The sky had cleared up, and Song Qianzhi's whole body was wrapped in the stinky sweat of the man behind him. It was damp and stale because he had never changed his clothes. The sweat mixed with rainwater was directly dried by the sun and gave off a stench.
"Are we out of the city?" Song Qianzhi came to his senses, remembering being beaten unconscious.His cheeks were soaked in the flush of high fever, his lips were also chapped and chapped, and he felt a little groggy.The eyelids became heavier and finally drooped.
Song Qianzhi's ears and temples were full of pain, he felt his whole head was tense, the breath he exhaled was hot, and he could barely gather his energy.
That's right, Lu Guan has also entered the palace before his mother went to the Hou's Mansion.
Song Qianzhi raised his head and looked around, a horse team of more than a dozen people was marching on the mountain road, and the man in front of him was wearing the uniform of the imperial army commander.Song Qianzhi raised his eyes, and when the man moved his head sideways, he recognized that it was Lu Lin.
"Don't move, Mr. Lu stays in the city to meet him. I believe Mrs. Hou will be safe and sound. Commander Lu's grandfather is still in the city. Zuo Zhengying has contacted his disciples in Beijing. Young Master must protect himself, otherwise If something happens in Beijing, Mr. Lu will be in a desperate situation of isolation and helplessness."
Song Qianzhi was drowsy and said in a hoarse voice, "Is my mother alright?"
Zhou Xian's gaze flashed, but Song Qianzhi lowered his head and didn't see it.
"Before we left the city, there was no news from the Hou Mansion."
Song Qianzhi nodded: "No news is good news. How long have we been out of town?"
"It's been a whole day."
Song Qianzhi's heart was shaken.It turned out that it was not the second day after escaping from Beijing, but that they had been on the road for a day and a night. There were no horses in the team that could be rotated. It was at least three hundred miles away from Beijing, and they could reach Rongzhou City by tonight.
Song Qianzhi was extremely thirsty, and when the horse team stopped to rest, he drank a bellyful of water, raised his sleeves to wipe off the sweat from his forehead, and sat dizzily on the tree trunk.
After Lu Guan enters the palace, he will definitely find ways to delay time, Zuo Zhengying...
Song Qianzhi frowned deeply, held Zhou Xian's arm, and asked him, "Have you found Zuo Zhengying?"
The two of them sat together with Li Xuan, who was still holding Song Qianzhi's robe with one hand, concentrating on playing with the ants on the ground.
The rest rested together in twos and threes, letting the horses rest and graze. There were no horses for rotation. Even if people could endure the long journey, the horses could not.
The horse that Zhou Xian rode was brought by Lu Guan from Quzhou to the capital.
Song Qian's eyes fell on the black horse drinking water not far away. The sun was shining on the horse. It turned its head as if observing something, and shook its head and neck violently. The mane was like a waterfall. The radians all show the majestic power of God.
"Zuo Zhengying has entered Beijing a few days ago. When you were in prison, Lord Lu went to look for him." Zhou Xian narrowed his eyes slightly, following Song Qianzhi's line of sight.
"We will not enter Rongzhou City, but go directly south to Qizhou to find General Bai." Song Qianzhi said.
Seeing Song Qianzhi awake, Lu Lin passed several people and came over to ask how Song Qianzhi was doing.
"It's okay." Song Qianzhi looked at Lu Lin intently for a while.
Lu Lin wiped his nose: "What?"
Song Qianzhi smiled and shook his head: "I'm already a homeless dog, follow me now, I know why you were pushed down from the position of commander of the imperial army."
Lu Lin slapped Song Qianzhi's shoulder with a slap, almost causing Song Qianzhi to vomit blood. Song Qianzhi coughed repeatedly, took Lu Lin's hand, and pulled it away.
"I don't know what's going on in Beijing. The last time you brought Lu Guan here, I wondered if he was from Fu Mingshao. You kid was lucky, you dug the foot of the wall and ended up on the emperor's head."
Song Qianzhi pursed his lips and smiled lightly, and looked far north: "Yes, everything is not imminent, so you don't know whether it is a blessing or a disaster. My daughter-in-law is still in the city. I have such good luck, and I have the help of all the nobles. I can't waste this time in vain." There is still work to do." Song Qianzhi was sitting cross-legged, and the dry food he was given was a black lump of coarse grain that was about the size of a fist. He had a fever, had a bitter mouth and tongue, and had no appetite.At this time, Song Qianzhi broke off the ball little by little, crushed it with his fingers, and put it in his mouth to chew. The rough particles that were crushed were like a handful of ants stuffed into his mouth. Song Qianzhi looked normal, and took a bite The dry food was just a sip of water, and it was enough to eat half a whole grain dumpling before giving the rest to Zhou Xian to put it away.
Lu Lin laughed loudly: "Okay, I didn't recognize you brother in vain, the glory and wealth of my Lu family are all on your shoulders."
Song Qianzhi got up and whistled.
Lu Guan's horse turned its head to the side and stood still.
The second whistle.
The horse stretched its neck and let out a long neigh, stamped its front hooves fiercely, flying sand and rocks, and the rest of the dozen horses followed behind the big black horse and rushed over.
Song Qian held his hands behind his back, and the half-dried gray cloth robe on his body was blown up by the strong wind. He brushed off the sleeves, his chest full of pride, and the sound was like a bell, trembling and echoing between the heaven and the earth.
"Yunyang is marching up, and the merchants on both sides of the strait will be spared. When Wu Niu is panting for the moon, why bother with the tugboat. The water is turbid and undrinkable, and the pot of pulp is half made of soil."
When Lu Lin met Song Qianzhi's eyes, his heart moved. He jumped onto the boulder, stood side by side with him, and sang loudly: "When I sing the Song of Governor and Protector, my heart bursts into tears like rain. Thousands of people chisel the rock, and there is no way to reach the river." Marsh. Look at Shimangdang, hiding your tears and mourning through the ages."
Both of them were heroic youths, and Lu Lin was tall and mighty, dressed in the uniform of the commander of the imperial army.In Song Qian's eyebrows, there is a clear and elegant style of civil officials and scholars.
Song Qianzhi said in a loud voice: "Leaving Beijing today, I don't know when I will return. At the beginning of this year, the Holy Majesty ordered me and Lu Guan to investigate the murder case in the palace. In fact, they planned to frame Li Xiang. Unexpectedly, the Heidi people invaded and Li Xiang was preserved. After that, Quzhou, Natural disasters and man-made disasters followed in Rongzhou, Mengzhou, and Jiaozhou. General Bai was ordered to lead the Zhenbei Army to the south. Recently, the Ministry of War has received battle reports. Amodanrong is about to move. The Heidi people under Fengping Gorge are watching. In addition, General Bai swore allegiance to our Great Chu. Once a war is triggered, it will be a war, and people will be used as soldiers and weapons.
All the brothers are descendants of Humen, so they should understand that it is okay to kill people to protect others; it is okay to attack the country and love its people;Soldiers, lethal weapons, are used by saints as a last resort.The Holy Majesty first ordered Liu Yun's old troops to pretend to be Heidi people, and burned, killed and looted in the Song and Xunzhou areas, and started killing for no reason, killing his own people; Weaken the military power in the hands of General Bai Guyou.Liu Yun is old and treacherous, his son is domineering|wife and daughter, his subordinates are domineering, and his daughter murdered the emperor's heir in order to secure his position.
On the other hand, he listened to the slander of treacherous ministers and wanted to eradicate Zhou's lineage.Since the death of our ancestors, my family has no real influence in the court, only the Empress Dowager Zhou is left in the deep palace.No matter the merits or demerits, just talk about the unwarranted things of today's sages, the prime minister asked about his crimes without fault, disregarding the life and death of the people, and made Song and Xun prefectures a hell on earth; confronted with Hei Di for several months, the military expenditure was huge, and he starved to death Zaidao said that the people were already in dire straits. In order to expand Liu Yun's military power and contain General Bai, the Holy One ordered the Ministry of War to issue a conscription notice and ordered the Ministry of Households to increase taxes in Lingzhou, Quzhou, and Rongzhou.I, the people of Great Chu, why are we not as good as pigs and dogs in life, and have no place to bury our bones when we die? "
The 12 people who followed Lu Lin out of Beijing were all Lu Lin's brothers who lived through life and death, and were selected by the imperial guards of the Great Chu, with the nephews of the generals guarding the frontier as the first.The fathers and elder brothers of these 12 people all died in battle defending the border of Great Chu, and Lu Lin was their greatest reliance in Beijing.
Everyone was about the same age, and they were all bloody men in their twenties. Song Qianzhi said that they might have heard about it in the Forbidden Army, or heard rumors about it, but they had already learned to keep their mouths shut in order to survive.
At this time, the commander Lu Lin continued: "Brothers, do you still remember how luxurious the Hanzhou Palace is, but the soldiers at the border are poorly clothed and hungry. In order to make way for Liu Yun, the evil minister, the Holy Majesty did not hesitate to kill his wife and even destroy His face, burned his body, and moved into the mausoleum of the concubine. The natural disaster is a warning from God to Da Chu. If such unkind and unrighteous kings are allowed to continue to occupy the upper position, the disaster will never end in Da Chu. Now that it has been done Desperadoes, we all have this kind of martial arts, but General Bai is my Great God of War, and it is not an insult to my brothers to vote under his command. If anyone is unwilling to join the army, we will part ways here."
Lu Lin swept across the faces of the brothers one by one.
No one offered to leave.
Song Qianzhi jumped down from a high place and asked Zhou Xian to give him a water bag.
Song Qianzhi peeled off the stopper of the water bag, held it up high, and said: "Then replace wine with water. I, Song Qianzhi, will never forget the love of brothers. We share honor and disgrace, and share adversity. If one day, we can enjoy Qingping and prosperity..."
"Young Lord, don't allow such words." One person interrupted Song Qianzhi, "We didn't come out of Beijing for the sake of glory and wealth, only because of our passion."
Another person said: "That's right, what the young master said is that he doesn't look down on our brothers."
"The king has no way, and the way of heaven is impermanent. Since we follow Commander Lu, we are in the same boat, and we will follow the young master to the death!"
"Swear to follow the young master!" Everyone shouted for a while.
Song Qianzhi's eyes were red, and he took a sip of water with sobs. The water bag was passed from the hands of the handsome Habayashi guards, and finally reached Xu Ruiyun's hand. Xu Ruiyun took a sip, and Liu Pingwen snatched the water bag. With red eyes, he took a big gulp.
Li Xuan didn't understand the world, and when he saw everyone was drinking, he made a fuss and asked Liu Pingwen to feed him.
Song Qianzhi stretched out a hand: "Thank you brothers for your trust, I hope that with the blessing of our ancestors, I can move General Bai before Liu Yun usurps power, and for me to defeat the people of Chu, draw the sword out of its sheath, and slay the Quartet , Sweep away the injustices in the world!"
Dozens of hands stacked up.
Lu Lin's hand finally came up, he looked around and said loudly: "Get rid of traitors, punish tyrants!"
In the scorching sun at noon, waterfalls and torrents, the heroic words of these dozens of people resounded through the mountains and forests.
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In the curtain, Lu Guan, who had been in a coma for two days, finally woke up.
"Sun Xiu, pass on the imperial physician." Since Lu Guan was sent to the palace covered in blood, Fu Mingshao had someone place him in the bedroom, and he took care of him personally, never leaving him.
When Lu Guan woke up, Fu Mingshao was finally willing to eat, even though he was eating porridge, his eyes still did not leave the person on the bed.
Lu Guan didn't seem to notice that burning gaze, and just answered the imperial physician's questions one by one.
Fu Mingshao finished his meal, and sat obliquely on the edge of the couch, holding Lu Guan's hand, which was wrapped with a thick bandage.Fu Mingshao stroked the layers of bandages, without raising his eyes, he muttered, "Shunqin's hand is almost useless."
Lu Guan wanted to withdraw his hand, but held back forcefully, so as not to irritate Fu Mingshao.
He considered for a moment, then replied cautiously: "Zhou Xian is worthy of being a person from Qilin Tomb, even I can't do anything about it."
"Have you seen Song Qianzhi?"
"No."
Fu Mingshao's eyes frantically ignited a beam of light, and he lay down on the couch, so close to Lu Guan that Lu Guan had no choice but to look directly into his eyes.
"So, he might still be in the city?"
Fu Mingshao stared closely at Lu Guan's lips, and the poison needle between his fingers was poised to shoot, as long as Lu Guan said "yes"...
"Weichen doesn't think so."
Fu Mingshao followed up and asked: "Why? Didn't you see him go out of the city?" He tilted his head slightly, and stared at Lu Guan obliquely with his right eye. His complexion was already very abnormal, with a layer of blue in the pale Violence and madness flickered in his pupils with a misty air of death.
"Since Zhou Xian entered the palace to take Zhou Wanxin away, following the fire in the Hou Mansion, the forbidden army had to be transferred to Anding Hou Mansion to put out the fire. A group of unknown people broke through the southeast gate. The minister fought with Zhou Xian, and he resisted to the death. If Zhou Xian wants to go out of the city alone, even if the imperial guards are tightly guarded, it will not be difficult. His Majesty knows the power of the Qilin guards better than his ministers. As for Song Qianzhi, who is equipped with martial arts, if he hides in the city for a few days and cooperates inside and outside, he can also Escape from the capital. Zhou Wanxin is Song Qianzhi's most cherished person, such a big sacrifice will never be just to let one of Song Qianzhi escape from the capital."
Fu Mingshao's eyes were bulging, and he sat sideways to the side, and said with a smile, "Go ahead."
"They must have taken Li Xuan away. Li Xuan is already insane, and he doesn't know martial arts at all. Li Xuan should be hidden in the cinder truck intercepted by the imperial army. At that time, I ordered someone to unload the cinders from the car. Just about to check, Yu There was sudden confusion in Lin Weizhong, half of the guards on duty failed to respond in time, and the minister... also lost to Zhou Xian." Lu Guan couldn't speak for a long time, his face was pale, and he seemed to be struggling, leaning on the pillow and panting.
Fu Mingshao studied literature with Lu Guan when he was young, and he has never seen Lu Guan injured. A trace of blood came out from the corner of his mouth, and veins burst out on his forehead because of the pain.
Fu Mingshao caressed the scar that had been gouged out on Lu Guan's face, and asked softly, "Does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt a long time ago." Lu Guan hid back calmly, but Fu Mingshao held his chin forcefully, so he had to show the scar in front of Fu Mingshao.
But Fu Mingshao's eyes were already very strange, Lu Guan raised his eyes and looked directly at Fu Mingshao for a moment, feeling that the person in front of him was strange and strange.He couldn't tell from Fu Mingshao's expression whether he believed his words.
"I have already ordered Li Yeyuan to issue an order to all the prefectures to arrest Song Qianzhi throughout the country. After you slept for two days, I was afraid that the traitor was still in the city, so I ordered someone to hang Zhou Wanxin's body at the north gate of the city."
Lu Guan's teeth made a grinding sound, his brain trembled, his cheeks were tense, his head was lowered, and his hands under the quilt were tightly clenched into fists.
Fu Mingshao said: "After hanging up for a day and a night, no one cares, I have already confirmed that Song Qianzhi must have escaped from the capital."
Lu Guan squeezed out a word between his teeth: "Yes."
"As for Li Xuan, a lunatic, what can he do?" Fu Mingshao smiled and turned to look at Lu Guan, and said lightly, "In eleven days, it will be the empress ceremony. After the ceremony is completed, I will let Liu Yun lead the ceremony." The army rushed to Fengping Gorge and killed all the Heidi people."
Lu Guan tried his best to hold his breath.He couldn't show any flaws.
"Shunqin, have I grown up this time?"
Before Lu Guan could react, Fu Mingshao had already leaned on his shoulder, regardless of Lu Guan's injuries, he pressed him tightly in his arms.
Lu Guan snorted in pain.
Fu Mingshao's eyes churned with secret excitement.
"I will definitely let you see that I am the righteous monarch of Da Chu." He stared at the void, looking at a person who did not exist.
The palace attendant reported outside that Prime Minister Li Yeyuan asked to see him, Fu Mingshao came back to his senses, got up and put on a dragon robe, stood there, smiled softly at Lu Guan, and asked him: "Is my body handsome enough? "
Lu Guan didn't know what he said, after Fu Mingshao left the bedroom, he was able to breathe smoothly, his face turned blue and white, the eunuch came in holding the medicine, Lu Guan immediately vomited as soon as he smelled the medicine, even the yellow bile Vomit a little.
The eunuch stood there in shock.
"Medicine." Lu Guan held out his hand to him.
The little eunuch rushed over with medicine and wanted to feed Lu Guan.Lu Guan snatched the medicine bowl, poured the still hot medicine juice into his mouth, and drank it all in one go.
At the end of the corridor, Lu Lin, who was dressed in the robes of the commander of the imperial army, and the helmet with golden bauhinia branches, only showed half of his face, and pressed the scarf into the armor.
"Let's go." Holding a long sword wrapped in black cloth, Lu Lin was the first to step into the rain.
The author has something to say: the poison is not in the food you eat.
☆、Dragon in the Abyss ([-])
The rain mixed with the broken walls and ruins, and the ground was covered with charcoal. The beams and pillars that set up the study were smashed on the ground, and black water was washed out by the heavy rain, flowing everywhere.
Half an hour ago, the imperial guards guarding the Andinghou's mansion received help from the people in the mansion, only to realize that the smoke rising into the sky was not from the mansion lighting a fire for cooking. The mansion study was on fire, and the servants were pouring water into the study one after another, but there were not enough manpower, the fire was too big, and it was a drop in the bucket.
Lu Guan immediately ordered to mobilize the entire city's forbidden army to seal off the Anding Hou Mansion and remove the wooden materials between the Hou Mansion and the adjacent buildings.Meng Honglin ordered the guards present to lead two small teams of 50 people to put out the fire.
After the imperial army joined, nearly a hundred people filed in and out of the Hou's mansion, but they couldn't put out the fire in a short time.
Hou's Mansion was built by the late emperor to give Zhou Wanxin a marriage. According to Zhou Wanxin's intention, it adopts wooden structure. There are not a few houses built with wood in the mansion. Zhou Wanxin also likes to live in open and bright places. High walls of fireproof stone bricks.
Bucket after bucket of water was poured into the fire, and the flames in the wooden study room were still raging, and the collection of books was flammable, and the fire intensified.
It wasn't until a thunderstorm fell that the fire dragon that opened its teeth and danced its claws to the sky was pressed firmly, and the fire was gradually extinguished.
Lu Guan's soap boots were already stained by mud in the rain, he squatted down, dipped his fingers in the black water, and put them up to his nose to smell.
"Master Lu." Meng Honglin opened an umbrella to cover Lu Guan.
"Fire oil." Lu Guan got up and put his finger in front of Meng Honglin's nose.
Meng Honglin smelled it, frowned and said, "No wonder it can't be extinguished all the time. Where did you get the kerosene?"
"The smell is very light, only a little bit remains, and the amount is not large. It is estimated that it is near the things that are prone to fire in the room, such as books and curtains. When the rain is heavy, the flames and the bit of oil are washed away. , The flames that have already burned are too strong, and it is only by this rain that they can be extinguished."
"Forget it, check again slowly, adults should go in to avoid the rain."
Lu Guan got up, didn't listen to Meng Honglin's words, and walked towards the fire scene.
"Master Lu!" Looking around, Meng Honglin thought to himself that this idiot still chased after him, insisting on following Lu Guan to see what he was going to do.
"My lord, Lord Hou, Lord Hou, and Mrs. Hou are all... all dead..." a subordinate reported tremblingly.
Lu Guan's eyes turned red: "Where's the person?"
"It's, it's inside, the subordinates dare not move."
The scorched corpse would deform when touched, and the deceased had a noble status, so Habayashi naturally didn't dare to move casually.Lu Guan strode into the fire extinguished by the heavy rain, only to see a charred corpse lying on the ground, he didn't take a second look, but walked towards the desk, Zhou Wanxin threw herself on the table, her cloak was soaked in water Soaked, she was barely burned by the fire, and there were not even any fallen wood or rocks falling on her body.
Lu Guan was short of breath, walked over, gently lifted Zhou Wanxin's upper body, and checked her breath.
I'm out of breath.
There was some dirt on Zhou Wanxin's face, it wasn't serious, it was caused by the smoke, a lot of black ash had entered her nose and throat, it was after the fire broke out, it didn't know how long it took for her to breathe.For such a long time, she endured unimaginable pain and didn't call out for help, just to create this chaos that shocked the imperial city.
Lu Guan's lips were tightly pursed, he couldn't say anything to anyone, but his tightly clenched hands revealed his restrained emotions.He helped Zhou Wanxin up, and a copper box rolled to the ground.
"Ma'am is all right?" Meng Honglin's voice came from behind.
Lu Guan turned his back to Meng Honglin calmly, and put the copper box in his arms.
"I'm dead." Lu Guan picked up Zhou Wanxin, took her to the bedroom closest to the study, and placed Zhou Wanxin on the couch.
The earth-shattering cries of several women came from outside the house.
Lu Guan frowned, and told Meng Honglin: "You stay here to appease the family of Marquis Anding, and let someone guard this room. The Song family is not allowed to step in." After speaking, Lu Guan strode out.
Meng Honglin hastily grabbed his robe sleeve.
"Where is Master Lu going?"
"What do you think is such a big mess?"
Meng Honglin hurriedly said, "Lord Lu, why don't we go together..."
"Catch the man, the first credit goes to your Imperial Army. I'm from the Secretary's Department." Lu Guan pushed Meng Honglin's hand away, and stepped forward. Meng Honglin was forced by his momentum to take half a step back. I felt dry again and couldn't speak.
Lu Guan said in a deep voice: "Zhou Wanxin is the Queen Mother Zhou's biological sister. I don't know how the Emperor is doing. If something goes wrong here, think about how the Queen Mother will deal with you. Liu Yun is the emperor's father-in-law. You don't have to Such a good daughter." Lu Guan put the back of his hand on Meng Honglin's chest, pushed Meng Honglin half his arm away, turned and left.
This time, Meng Honglin didn't have the guts to follow again, after a while, he regained his composure, went out the door, and called over twenty people, all of whom were tall and brave Habayashi guards, and ordered them to guard the bedroom and not allow anyone to enter or leave.
In the courtyard, Mrs. Song beat her chest suddenly, and suddenly passed over. The women in the courtyard, the eldest son of Marquis Anding, dangled in front of Meng Honglin's eyes, crying endlessly. Meng Honglin, one head and two big, said something What, I don't know.
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When the cinder truck arrived at the gate of the city, it was stopped by the forbidden army. Xu Ruiyun and Liu Pingwen made simple disguises and drove ahead, while Li Xuan and Song Qianzhi were hidden in the car.
Xu Ruiyun lifted the dull old bamboo hat with one hand, jumped off the car, and showed the palace cinder car badge to the Imperial Army.
After the imperial army inspected him, and was about to release him, a lieutenant came over, frowned, looked at Xu Ruiyun, and shouted in a rough voice: "Wait, why are you leaving the city before Mao's today, here's your badge."
Xu Ruiyun took off his waist badge and gave it to the general.
There was a sound of water next to it, and the whip in Liu Pingwen's hand fell into the mud. He quickly jumped out of the car and picked up the whip.
The lieutenant raised his eyes and walked towards Liu Pingwen with a bad expression.
Xu Ruiyun stood between the two of them, and said with a smile: "Master Jun, we are still rushing back to the palace to report to Eunuch Sun, can we check quickly?"
The deputy general said coldly: "When will Eunuch Sun take care of inferior people like you? If there is a problem with this group of people, I will arrest them all!"
Xu Ruiyun touched the soft sword close to his body, and was about to kill it.
On the silent long street, the sound of horseshoes breaking through the rain is particularly noticeable.
"Who wants to leave the city?" Lu Guan got off his horse, his official robes were completely soaked, his eyes were bloodshot, he swept past two cinder trucks, and passed Xu Ruiyun and Liu Pingwen without seeing them.
"The car that transports cinders in the palace." The subordinate replied.
The deputy general glanced at Lu Guan, raised his head defiantly, and cupped his hands and said, "Master Lu, I don't know where Commander Meng is now? These two claimed to be leaving the city on the order of Grandpa Sun, but as far as I know, the palace's Eunuch Sun is a celebrity in front of His Majesty, and he will not leave for a moment. It is impossible for him to intervene in such trivial matters. I am afraid that he is not an impostor, so it is better to detain him first, investigate carefully and then release him from the city. A little cinder will not delay any major matters. "
Lu Guan pondered for a moment, his sharp eyes swept over the two people transporting coal trucks.
"What's your name?"
"Subordinate Luo He."
"Put these two cars aside first, and the Marquis of Anding's mansion is on fire, and you must have received the letter."
"Yes."
"Commander Meng is in the Marquis of Anding's mansion to appease his family members. He will be here within half an hour, and the two vehicles will be impounded first." Lu Guan gave the order, and Luo He also thought there was nothing wrong with it, so his subordinates escorted the two suspicious cinder trucks to the court. under the city wall.
A Habayashi army came over to put the two coachmen on the shackles, but Lu Guan stopped him: "How can you go straight to the shackles without interrogation? This is how your imperial army usually behaves?"
Luo He followed behind Lu Guan, always on guard against the head of the Secretary Department, hearing his words, he argued, "The city is chaotic tonight, brothers are tired and sleepy all night, act recklessly, Lord Lu forgive me." Luo He turned Turn around and let your subordinates not go to the shackles.
Lu Guan hummed, and didn't pay much attention to Luo He. He suddenly stood still, put one hand behind his back, raised a finger, turned around and told Luo He: "I'll wait for Commander Meng to come and interrogate him. You guys have a good look at the car. It cannot be approached, and no one can load and unload it privately."
This is also reasonable, Luo He nodded and said yes, what he wanted was Meng Honglin to be the master.
The door of the classroom was half-closed, Lu Guanyin asked: "Are you really from the palace? Do you know Eunuch Sun?"
Luo He led the people away, and drove the water carts that were going out of the city gate in the early morning to pass by.
Liu Pingwen boldly said: "If you don't believe me, go to Eunuch Sun and confront him face to face!" He was so panicked that his palms were sweating, and when he met Xu Ruiyun's comforting eyes, he calmed down a little.
Xu Ruiyun said quickly in a low voice: "In the car, there are two, tucked under the car, in the middle, one person's width. Li Xuan is a finger wider than Song Qianzhi's skeleton. The car with more cinders is Song Qianzhi."
Liu Pingwen looked at Lu Guan nervously and swallowed, Lu Guan stared at the ground indifferently, obviously thinking.
"I don't care about your grandson, Eunuch Jiang. When Commander Meng comes, I'm here now. If you tell the truth, you can avoid the pain of flesh and blood. If the Commander of the Imperial Army comes, the method is as good as yours. Skin."
Luo He frowned when he heard Lu Guan talking loudly outside the door.
The staff next to him reminded him that it was almost time to change shifts.
The lieutenants of the two sides met and signed the pledge. Luo, Jian Jian and the succeeding lieutenant explained the situation inside, and left with their brothers.
The new lieutenant-general went out to ask who was in the squad room. He took a look and shouted, "What kind of lord is the Secretary, these two prisoners should be dealt with by Commander Meng, so why don't you join in the fun here? Come out quickly. "
However, when Lu Guan got up and turned around, the lieutenant was half a head short. He was still wearing a helmet, and his expression was a little ugly.
"Your Majesty ordered me to take full responsibility for hunting down the traitor Song Qianzhi. If something goes wrong, I wonder if this general will take care of it?"
The deputy general looked embarrassed and said: "Why should we wait until Commander Meng arrives, and the two adults will interrogate together..."
"I told Meng Honglin that arresting someone will give you the honor of the imperial army. If something goes wrong, I will be responsible for it alone. Do I need to explain it to you again?"
The lieutenant hurriedly said yes or no.
Lu Guan walked out and said: "I have already asked clearly, there is no problem with these two cars."
The lieutenant general was so bluffed by the dismounting power that he couldn't find the north, and he didn't react for a while.
Lu Guan pulled out the long knife in his waist, held it tightly with both hands, and inserted it into the cinder truck. The car board was stabbed in half, and a little cinder leaked out from the gap, which was blocked by more and denser cinders.
Lu Guan stabbed the first car three times, and then jumped onto the second car. The cinders in this car were shallower. He stabbed twice, and it still pierced through.
"I have also inspected the car, let it go."
The lieutenant-general was stunned, sweating profusely for a moment, not knowing whether to stop him or not.
"You can't let it go, Mr. Lu, but you said that you have to wait for Commander Meng to come."
Lu Guan saw a strange face, but unexpectedly Luo He left, leaving one of his own people behind.Lu Lin said that after the imperial army was taken over, [-]% of them were still his people, and [-]% were brought into Beijing by Meng Honglin, who was Liu Yun's former subordinate.
Meng Honglin's people are soldiers, and they dare to come to anyone who is tough. Judging from the reaction of the deputy general in front of him, this person should be from Lu Lin, so I don't know if Lu Lin has greeted him well.
"Who are you?" Lu Guan stepped forward and asked Habayashi who expressed his objection.
"A humble job is an unknown person, adults don't need to remember my name."
"Then step back." Lu Guan said in a deep voice.
"Your Excellency, don't wait for Commander Meng to interrogate..." Before he finished speaking, a long sword cut off the "pawn"'s head, and as he fell down, hot blood splashed on Lu Guan's face.
"Commander Meng is here!" The deputy general knelt down to the man in the robe of the commander of the imperial army.
All the twenty people present knelt down, and just as they got up, 12 of them moved quietly and swiftly, and the victim barely made a sound before being killed by fellow Habayashi guards.
Under the helmet, Lu Lin breathed a sigh of relief, put his long sword back into its sheath, and nodded to the lieutenant general: "Fengzi will follow us, these 12 people... will all leave the city with me." In order to reassure Song Qianzhi of his plan, Lu Lin coaxed him to say this In fact, it is not the case. After the last adjustment of the shift that day, fortunately there are still twelve of my own people, otherwise, this trick would be over.
Lu Lin's back was covered with cold sweat, he saw that Lu Guan had stepped out of the classroom shelter, washing the blood off his face in the heavy rain.
"Let's go, Lord Lu." Lu Lin stepped forward and held his shoulder, "There is not much time left, I have to leave immediately, otherwise Meng Honglin will come and it will be over."
"Let's go." Lu Guan said.
This is different from what was agreed, Lu Lin asked in surprise, "Aren't you leaving?"
"My mother's body is still in the Marquis of Anding's Mansion, I can't let her be left outside."
Lu Lin was stunned for a moment before realizing that the mother Lu Guan said was Song Qianzhi's mother. Lu Lin hurriedly said, "My grandfather is still in the city. Didn't we agree? You can only get something if you give it up, and my grandfather is too." If he is willing to stay, he will definitely find a way to collect the bones for Mrs. Hou Ye, besides, there is the queen mother..."
"Go now, it will take half a day, or two days at the longest, before there will be pursuers out of the city to pursue them. Now I will go with you, the pursuers will come soon, how many of you are there? Horses that can outrun the imperial army?" Lu Guan looked straight at Lu Lin, every word was piercing, "Are you going to let your grandfather and Taifu Zhou's daughter die in vain?!"
Lu Lin was so shocked by Lu Guan that he couldn't speak.
"Zhou Xian!" Lu Guan shouted.
A black shadow jumped down from the high wall, Zhou Xian held the sword, turned his back to the crowd, and covered his face with his night clothes.
Lu Guan stepped forward, patted Zhou Xian on the shoulder, and said a thousand words, but only one sentence: "Thank you."
"Don't worry, it's you..." Zhou Xian's unfinished words were submerged in Lu Guan's firm eyes.
"Take care." Lu Guan walked to the cinder cart, touched the horse pulling the cart, touched the shaft of the cart with his hand, and glanced at the inside of the cart with nostalgia.As far as the eye can see, it's just a pile of cinders.
He didn't tell anyone to take good care of Song Qianzhi, because no one could do it for him.
Just after dawn, more than a dozen imperial guards escorted two cinder trucks out of the city through the southeast gate of the capital.After half a stick of incense, Meng Honglin rushed to the southeast gate with more than 100 Habayashi guards under Luo He's reminder.
In addition to the corpses of a dozen of his subordinates in one place, even Lord Shenglu, the secretary personally appointed by the emperor to hunt them down, was stabbed twice in the abdomen. He was sitting under the city wall, holding a sword in his hand, and his palm was almost severed.It can be seen that Lu Guan has been refusing to let go, and the other party had no choice but to keep the sword in desperation.
Meng Honglin felt a chill in his heart.
"Hurry up and see if there are any survivors." Meng Honglin scrambled off his horse, ran to Lu Guan, sniffed his breath, then opened his eyes wide, panicked and panicked, Sweating profusely, he roared angrily: "Luo He, go and call the imperial physician! Take my token! Go! Send someone into the palace to report, the rebels are going out of the city, Mr. Lu is seriously injured, please order to hunt him down!"
Ordinarily, Meng Honglin should directly lead people out of the city to hunt him down, but Fu Mingshao was handed over to Lu Guan to take full responsibility. Meng Honglin has not been in command for a long time, but he knows that today is suspicious and uncertain, and his confidantes can be sent to prison.For a while, he didn't dare to lead people out of the city. After all, the imperial army was only responsible for the safety of the capital. Once he led a large group of people out of the city, if any accident happened in the capital, even ten heads would not be enough for him to chop off.
Meng Honglin hesitated several times, his posture changed from tall and straight to slumped.In the end, he recruited a subordinate and asked that person to act as a pad for Lu Guan, not daring to move Lu Guan.
That night, he was first called out of bed and rushed into the palace, and then he was overwhelmed by officials from the Secretary's Ministry out of thin air. The kerosene and strong wine, the high-grade wine was prepared by the people in the Hou's mansion, and it was originally for the two of them to drink.The kerosene was hidden in the middle and lower layers of the food box and brought into the Hou Mansion.
Mrs. Hou Ye is Song Qianzhi's mother.
Meng Honglin opened his lips slightly, and looked at the few scattered carriages a few steps away with sweat dripping from his face. Those were ordinary carriages and horses waiting to be searched out of the city.
Meng Honglin was not sure at first whether he had been trapped from the beginning to the end. The one who escaped from the city was obviously Song Qianzhi, and the fire in the Hou's mansion was just a cover for this little bastard.
He looked at the lifeless Lu Guan lying on the ground again, neither of his knives were in a fatal position.Meng Honglin squinted his eyes, shouted for someone to prepare the horse, and galloped towards Liu Yun's luxurious mansion.
☆、Dragon in the Abyss ([-])
Song Qianzhi woke up on horseback. In his dream, he was fighting with a group of heavy-armored warriors with blurred faces and stench like corpses. He suddenly opened his eyes, felt dizzy for a while, and almost fell off the horse.
A hand behind him came over and grabbed Song Qian.
Song Qianzhi took a deep breath and came back to his senses completely. When he looked back, it was Zhou Xian.Song Qianzhi felt his mouth was dry, his chest was stuffy with stale air, his chest and abdomen were churning, and his face was ugly due to the discomfort.
The sky had cleared up, and Song Qianzhi's whole body was wrapped in the stinky sweat of the man behind him. It was damp and stale because he had never changed his clothes. The sweat mixed with rainwater was directly dried by the sun and gave off a stench.
"Are we out of the city?" Song Qianzhi came to his senses, remembering being beaten unconscious.His cheeks were soaked in the flush of high fever, his lips were also chapped and chapped, and he felt a little groggy.The eyelids became heavier and finally drooped.
Song Qianzhi's ears and temples were full of pain, he felt his whole head was tense, the breath he exhaled was hot, and he could barely gather his energy.
That's right, Lu Guan has also entered the palace before his mother went to the Hou's Mansion.
Song Qianzhi raised his head and looked around, a horse team of more than a dozen people was marching on the mountain road, and the man in front of him was wearing the uniform of the imperial army commander.Song Qianzhi raised his eyes, and when the man moved his head sideways, he recognized that it was Lu Lin.
"Don't move, Mr. Lu stays in the city to meet him. I believe Mrs. Hou will be safe and sound. Commander Lu's grandfather is still in the city. Zuo Zhengying has contacted his disciples in Beijing. Young Master must protect himself, otherwise If something happens in Beijing, Mr. Lu will be in a desperate situation of isolation and helplessness."
Song Qianzhi was drowsy and said in a hoarse voice, "Is my mother alright?"
Zhou Xian's gaze flashed, but Song Qianzhi lowered his head and didn't see it.
"Before we left the city, there was no news from the Hou Mansion."
Song Qianzhi nodded: "No news is good news. How long have we been out of town?"
"It's been a whole day."
Song Qianzhi's heart was shaken.It turned out that it was not the second day after escaping from Beijing, but that they had been on the road for a day and a night. There were no horses in the team that could be rotated. It was at least three hundred miles away from Beijing, and they could reach Rongzhou City by tonight.
Song Qianzhi was extremely thirsty, and when the horse team stopped to rest, he drank a bellyful of water, raised his sleeves to wipe off the sweat from his forehead, and sat dizzily on the tree trunk.
After Lu Guan enters the palace, he will definitely find ways to delay time, Zuo Zhengying...
Song Qianzhi frowned deeply, held Zhou Xian's arm, and asked him, "Have you found Zuo Zhengying?"
The two of them sat together with Li Xuan, who was still holding Song Qianzhi's robe with one hand, concentrating on playing with the ants on the ground.
The rest rested together in twos and threes, letting the horses rest and graze. There were no horses for rotation. Even if people could endure the long journey, the horses could not.
The horse that Zhou Xian rode was brought by Lu Guan from Quzhou to the capital.
Song Qian's eyes fell on the black horse drinking water not far away. The sun was shining on the horse. It turned its head as if observing something, and shook its head and neck violently. The mane was like a waterfall. The radians all show the majestic power of God.
"Zuo Zhengying has entered Beijing a few days ago. When you were in prison, Lord Lu went to look for him." Zhou Xian narrowed his eyes slightly, following Song Qianzhi's line of sight.
"We will not enter Rongzhou City, but go directly south to Qizhou to find General Bai." Song Qianzhi said.
Seeing Song Qianzhi awake, Lu Lin passed several people and came over to ask how Song Qianzhi was doing.
"It's okay." Song Qianzhi looked at Lu Lin intently for a while.
Lu Lin wiped his nose: "What?"
Song Qianzhi smiled and shook his head: "I'm already a homeless dog, follow me now, I know why you were pushed down from the position of commander of the imperial army."
Lu Lin slapped Song Qianzhi's shoulder with a slap, almost causing Song Qianzhi to vomit blood. Song Qianzhi coughed repeatedly, took Lu Lin's hand, and pulled it away.
"I don't know what's going on in Beijing. The last time you brought Lu Guan here, I wondered if he was from Fu Mingshao. You kid was lucky, you dug the foot of the wall and ended up on the emperor's head."
Song Qianzhi pursed his lips and smiled lightly, and looked far north: "Yes, everything is not imminent, so you don't know whether it is a blessing or a disaster. My daughter-in-law is still in the city. I have such good luck, and I have the help of all the nobles. I can't waste this time in vain." There is still work to do." Song Qianzhi was sitting cross-legged, and the dry food he was given was a black lump of coarse grain that was about the size of a fist. He had a fever, had a bitter mouth and tongue, and had no appetite.At this time, Song Qianzhi broke off the ball little by little, crushed it with his fingers, and put it in his mouth to chew. The rough particles that were crushed were like a handful of ants stuffed into his mouth. Song Qianzhi looked normal, and took a bite The dry food was just a sip of water, and it was enough to eat half a whole grain dumpling before giving the rest to Zhou Xian to put it away.
Lu Lin laughed loudly: "Okay, I didn't recognize you brother in vain, the glory and wealth of my Lu family are all on your shoulders."
Song Qianzhi got up and whistled.
Lu Guan's horse turned its head to the side and stood still.
The second whistle.
The horse stretched its neck and let out a long neigh, stamped its front hooves fiercely, flying sand and rocks, and the rest of the dozen horses followed behind the big black horse and rushed over.
Song Qian held his hands behind his back, and the half-dried gray cloth robe on his body was blown up by the strong wind. He brushed off the sleeves, his chest full of pride, and the sound was like a bell, trembling and echoing between the heaven and the earth.
"Yunyang is marching up, and the merchants on both sides of the strait will be spared. When Wu Niu is panting for the moon, why bother with the tugboat. The water is turbid and undrinkable, and the pot of pulp is half made of soil."
When Lu Lin met Song Qianzhi's eyes, his heart moved. He jumped onto the boulder, stood side by side with him, and sang loudly: "When I sing the Song of Governor and Protector, my heart bursts into tears like rain. Thousands of people chisel the rock, and there is no way to reach the river." Marsh. Look at Shimangdang, hiding your tears and mourning through the ages."
Both of them were heroic youths, and Lu Lin was tall and mighty, dressed in the uniform of the commander of the imperial army.In Song Qian's eyebrows, there is a clear and elegant style of civil officials and scholars.
Song Qianzhi said in a loud voice: "Leaving Beijing today, I don't know when I will return. At the beginning of this year, the Holy Majesty ordered me and Lu Guan to investigate the murder case in the palace. In fact, they planned to frame Li Xiang. Unexpectedly, the Heidi people invaded and Li Xiang was preserved. After that, Quzhou, Natural disasters and man-made disasters followed in Rongzhou, Mengzhou, and Jiaozhou. General Bai was ordered to lead the Zhenbei Army to the south. Recently, the Ministry of War has received battle reports. Amodanrong is about to move. The Heidi people under Fengping Gorge are watching. In addition, General Bai swore allegiance to our Great Chu. Once a war is triggered, it will be a war, and people will be used as soldiers and weapons.
All the brothers are descendants of Humen, so they should understand that it is okay to kill people to protect others; it is okay to attack the country and love its people;Soldiers, lethal weapons, are used by saints as a last resort.The Holy Majesty first ordered Liu Yun's old troops to pretend to be Heidi people, and burned, killed and looted in the Song and Xunzhou areas, and started killing for no reason, killing his own people; Weaken the military power in the hands of General Bai Guyou.Liu Yun is old and treacherous, his son is domineering|wife and daughter, his subordinates are domineering, and his daughter murdered the emperor's heir in order to secure his position.
On the other hand, he listened to the slander of treacherous ministers and wanted to eradicate Zhou's lineage.Since the death of our ancestors, my family has no real influence in the court, only the Empress Dowager Zhou is left in the deep palace.No matter the merits or demerits, just talk about the unwarranted things of today's sages, the prime minister asked about his crimes without fault, disregarding the life and death of the people, and made Song and Xun prefectures a hell on earth; confronted with Hei Di for several months, the military expenditure was huge, and he starved to death Zaidao said that the people were already in dire straits. In order to expand Liu Yun's military power and contain General Bai, the Holy One ordered the Ministry of War to issue a conscription notice and ordered the Ministry of Households to increase taxes in Lingzhou, Quzhou, and Rongzhou.I, the people of Great Chu, why are we not as good as pigs and dogs in life, and have no place to bury our bones when we die? "
The 12 people who followed Lu Lin out of Beijing were all Lu Lin's brothers who lived through life and death, and were selected by the imperial guards of the Great Chu, with the nephews of the generals guarding the frontier as the first.The fathers and elder brothers of these 12 people all died in battle defending the border of Great Chu, and Lu Lin was their greatest reliance in Beijing.
Everyone was about the same age, and they were all bloody men in their twenties. Song Qianzhi said that they might have heard about it in the Forbidden Army, or heard rumors about it, but they had already learned to keep their mouths shut in order to survive.
At this time, the commander Lu Lin continued: "Brothers, do you still remember how luxurious the Hanzhou Palace is, but the soldiers at the border are poorly clothed and hungry. In order to make way for Liu Yun, the evil minister, the Holy Majesty did not hesitate to kill his wife and even destroy His face, burned his body, and moved into the mausoleum of the concubine. The natural disaster is a warning from God to Da Chu. If such unkind and unrighteous kings are allowed to continue to occupy the upper position, the disaster will never end in Da Chu. Now that it has been done Desperadoes, we all have this kind of martial arts, but General Bai is my Great God of War, and it is not an insult to my brothers to vote under his command. If anyone is unwilling to join the army, we will part ways here."
Lu Lin swept across the faces of the brothers one by one.
No one offered to leave.
Song Qianzhi jumped down from a high place and asked Zhou Xian to give him a water bag.
Song Qianzhi peeled off the stopper of the water bag, held it up high, and said: "Then replace wine with water. I, Song Qianzhi, will never forget the love of brothers. We share honor and disgrace, and share adversity. If one day, we can enjoy Qingping and prosperity..."
"Young Lord, don't allow such words." One person interrupted Song Qianzhi, "We didn't come out of Beijing for the sake of glory and wealth, only because of our passion."
Another person said: "That's right, what the young master said is that he doesn't look down on our brothers."
"The king has no way, and the way of heaven is impermanent. Since we follow Commander Lu, we are in the same boat, and we will follow the young master to the death!"
"Swear to follow the young master!" Everyone shouted for a while.
Song Qianzhi's eyes were red, and he took a sip of water with sobs. The water bag was passed from the hands of the handsome Habayashi guards, and finally reached Xu Ruiyun's hand. Xu Ruiyun took a sip, and Liu Pingwen snatched the water bag. With red eyes, he took a big gulp.
Li Xuan didn't understand the world, and when he saw everyone was drinking, he made a fuss and asked Liu Pingwen to feed him.
Song Qianzhi stretched out a hand: "Thank you brothers for your trust, I hope that with the blessing of our ancestors, I can move General Bai before Liu Yun usurps power, and for me to defeat the people of Chu, draw the sword out of its sheath, and slay the Quartet , Sweep away the injustices in the world!"
Dozens of hands stacked up.
Lu Lin's hand finally came up, he looked around and said loudly: "Get rid of traitors, punish tyrants!"
In the scorching sun at noon, waterfalls and torrents, the heroic words of these dozens of people resounded through the mountains and forests.
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In the curtain, Lu Guan, who had been in a coma for two days, finally woke up.
"Sun Xiu, pass on the imperial physician." Since Lu Guan was sent to the palace covered in blood, Fu Mingshao had someone place him in the bedroom, and he took care of him personally, never leaving him.
When Lu Guan woke up, Fu Mingshao was finally willing to eat, even though he was eating porridge, his eyes still did not leave the person on the bed.
Lu Guan didn't seem to notice that burning gaze, and just answered the imperial physician's questions one by one.
Fu Mingshao finished his meal, and sat obliquely on the edge of the couch, holding Lu Guan's hand, which was wrapped with a thick bandage.Fu Mingshao stroked the layers of bandages, without raising his eyes, he muttered, "Shunqin's hand is almost useless."
Lu Guan wanted to withdraw his hand, but held back forcefully, so as not to irritate Fu Mingshao.
He considered for a moment, then replied cautiously: "Zhou Xian is worthy of being a person from Qilin Tomb, even I can't do anything about it."
"Have you seen Song Qianzhi?"
"No."
Fu Mingshao's eyes frantically ignited a beam of light, and he lay down on the couch, so close to Lu Guan that Lu Guan had no choice but to look directly into his eyes.
"So, he might still be in the city?"
Fu Mingshao stared closely at Lu Guan's lips, and the poison needle between his fingers was poised to shoot, as long as Lu Guan said "yes"...
"Weichen doesn't think so."
Fu Mingshao followed up and asked: "Why? Didn't you see him go out of the city?" He tilted his head slightly, and stared at Lu Guan obliquely with his right eye. His complexion was already very abnormal, with a layer of blue in the pale Violence and madness flickered in his pupils with a misty air of death.
"Since Zhou Xian entered the palace to take Zhou Wanxin away, following the fire in the Hou Mansion, the forbidden army had to be transferred to Anding Hou Mansion to put out the fire. A group of unknown people broke through the southeast gate. The minister fought with Zhou Xian, and he resisted to the death. If Zhou Xian wants to go out of the city alone, even if the imperial guards are tightly guarded, it will not be difficult. His Majesty knows the power of the Qilin guards better than his ministers. As for Song Qianzhi, who is equipped with martial arts, if he hides in the city for a few days and cooperates inside and outside, he can also Escape from the capital. Zhou Wanxin is Song Qianzhi's most cherished person, such a big sacrifice will never be just to let one of Song Qianzhi escape from the capital."
Fu Mingshao's eyes were bulging, and he sat sideways to the side, and said with a smile, "Go ahead."
"They must have taken Li Xuan away. Li Xuan is already insane, and he doesn't know martial arts at all. Li Xuan should be hidden in the cinder truck intercepted by the imperial army. At that time, I ordered someone to unload the cinders from the car. Just about to check, Yu There was sudden confusion in Lin Weizhong, half of the guards on duty failed to respond in time, and the minister... also lost to Zhou Xian." Lu Guan couldn't speak for a long time, his face was pale, and he seemed to be struggling, leaning on the pillow and panting.
Fu Mingshao studied literature with Lu Guan when he was young, and he has never seen Lu Guan injured. A trace of blood came out from the corner of his mouth, and veins burst out on his forehead because of the pain.
Fu Mingshao caressed the scar that had been gouged out on Lu Guan's face, and asked softly, "Does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt a long time ago." Lu Guan hid back calmly, but Fu Mingshao held his chin forcefully, so he had to show the scar in front of Fu Mingshao.
But Fu Mingshao's eyes were already very strange, Lu Guan raised his eyes and looked directly at Fu Mingshao for a moment, feeling that the person in front of him was strange and strange.He couldn't tell from Fu Mingshao's expression whether he believed his words.
"I have already ordered Li Yeyuan to issue an order to all the prefectures to arrest Song Qianzhi throughout the country. After you slept for two days, I was afraid that the traitor was still in the city, so I ordered someone to hang Zhou Wanxin's body at the north gate of the city."
Lu Guan's teeth made a grinding sound, his brain trembled, his cheeks were tense, his head was lowered, and his hands under the quilt were tightly clenched into fists.
Fu Mingshao said: "After hanging up for a day and a night, no one cares, I have already confirmed that Song Qianzhi must have escaped from the capital."
Lu Guan squeezed out a word between his teeth: "Yes."
"As for Li Xuan, a lunatic, what can he do?" Fu Mingshao smiled and turned to look at Lu Guan, and said lightly, "In eleven days, it will be the empress ceremony. After the ceremony is completed, I will let Liu Yun lead the ceremony." The army rushed to Fengping Gorge and killed all the Heidi people."
Lu Guan tried his best to hold his breath.He couldn't show any flaws.
"Shunqin, have I grown up this time?"
Before Lu Guan could react, Fu Mingshao had already leaned on his shoulder, regardless of Lu Guan's injuries, he pressed him tightly in his arms.
Lu Guan snorted in pain.
Fu Mingshao's eyes churned with secret excitement.
"I will definitely let you see that I am the righteous monarch of Da Chu." He stared at the void, looking at a person who did not exist.
The palace attendant reported outside that Prime Minister Li Yeyuan asked to see him, Fu Mingshao came back to his senses, got up and put on a dragon robe, stood there, smiled softly at Lu Guan, and asked him: "Is my body handsome enough? "
Lu Guan didn't know what he said, after Fu Mingshao left the bedroom, he was able to breathe smoothly, his face turned blue and white, the eunuch came in holding the medicine, Lu Guan immediately vomited as soon as he smelled the medicine, even the yellow bile Vomit a little.
The eunuch stood there in shock.
"Medicine." Lu Guan held out his hand to him.
The little eunuch rushed over with medicine and wanted to feed Lu Guan.Lu Guan snatched the medicine bowl, poured the still hot medicine juice into his mouth, and drank it all in one go.
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